My speakers are farting

[ElectricMagick]

I have a 100 Watt SLP and when I play on channel one and two after volume 5 through the neck humbucker, my two 60 watt Vintage 30's with hemp cones .... fart.
Why? What can I do about it?
Its fine when its below 5 and I'm playing clean with some dirt.

 

[chuckharmonjr]

Its them beans man...ya gotta watch what ya feed Vintage 30's....real sensitive systems

 

[eljeffebrown]

Here, give them this.................

or.....


set your amp up correctly. start with everything at 5, and try again. now back to your regularly scheduled programming.

 

[Ydna]

Try screwing with the EQ. Roll off the bass, if you're jumping channels, try a bit less of channel 2.

 

[ElectricMagick]

Could it be that i'm just overloading the speakers?

 

[eljeffebrown]

Could it be that i'm just overloading the speakers?

or.....


set your amp up correctly. start with everything at 5, and try again. now back to your regularly scheduled programming.

 

[george76]

check for loose spiders on the speakers. sounds like a possibility to me.

 

[diesect20022000]

check for loose spiders on the speakers. sounds like a possibility to me.

that's what i thought. the only farting speakers i ever had had loose parts. that or i was running a fart noise into them.

 

[ElectricMagick]

how do you fix that?

 

[chuckharmonjr]

Something else to consider...thats 2 60 watt speakers being hit with a 100watt TUBE amp...thats 100 watts clean wave rated....you can easily damned near double that 100 watts when pushing it distorted into break-up...which on your amp should start really good at about 5..which is where you're having troubles...a100 watter can easily push 160-180 watts when cranking it.

 

[Rahlstin]

If your speakers fart its because they have GAS. If they have GAS, they are telling you to buy more GEAR. This is my scientific analysis for you.... no charge...

 

[madmmx]

Did you checkif the speaker screws are tight? Dont over tighten them but maybe something is loose. You could also try swapping positions of the speakers and rotating them 180 degrees. Maybe cones are rubbing. Sometimes rotating them can fix it. Cones could start rubbing if they where over tightened and bent the cages

 

[kamran]

that should do the trick.

 

[chuckharmonjr]

Handles could be loose as well....but I am concerned with 120 watts of speakers getting hit with 160-180 watts of power. That could easily be the cause right there.

 

[TubeStack]

Something else to consider...thats 2 60 watt speakers being hit with a 100watt TUBE amp...thats 100 watts clean wave rated....you can easily damned near double that 100 watts when pushing it distorted into break-up...which on your amp should start really good at about 5..which is where you're having troubles...a100 watter can easily push 160-180 watts when cranking it.

Yep, that's exactly what I was going to say. A 1959SLP will be hitting 100W at around 3-4 on the volume knob. The 60W V30s could be overloading when it's at 5 or higher.

Although, some say Celestions are rated very conservatively and can handle much more than the official rating, and the Marshall-labeled V30s in the AV/BV cabs are labelled 70W each... but it's certainly something to consider.

 

[chuckharmonjr]

even at 70...thats only 140....180 could cause some serious flubbiness without breaking cones

 

[cagamp1]

I'm waiting for a punch line.

On another note, my brother use to record his fart noises...hilarious.

ElectricMagick, can you record yours so we might hear?

 

[eljeffebrown]

Dude seriously, set your entire amp ALL THE KNOBS except the volume ones at "5" and then start playing. turn your volume up. At this point if the problem is fixed your amp was set up incorrectly, if not, start looking at other things as in loose handles and ripped spiders on speakers, do the simple things first then do the hard things NOT visa versa! sheesh!

 

[ElectricMagick]

I set everything to 5 and it farted a little bit on channel 2 (neck pup). I checked the spiders and they were fine. I think the amp is just too powerful.

 

[cagamp1]

I set everything to 5 and it farted a little bit on channel 2 (neck pup). I checked the spiders and they were fine. I think the amp is just too powerful.

2554...50 watts...one Vintage speaker...I can crank it way past 5 with my bass on 10 and the only thing vibrating like butt cheeks are my walls.

Swap the speakers out with a test set or someone elses cab to see what happens. Maybe your speakers have internal problems. What kind of box/cab do you have?

Still waiting for the punch line.